Hill's out as VP (hypothetically, that is)

Congressional Quarterly has been doing a playoffs-style poll of potential Democratic vice presidential picks, and Hillary Clinton lost to Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell going into the Final Four.

Rendell is up against Wesley Clark, who beat out Sen. John Edwards; the winner will face whoever isn’t eliminated in the other contest between Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware and Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico.

Before it became an all-male field, Iowa Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius was also in the running, but lost to Biden. Another New Yorker — Mayor Mike Bloomberg — was tossed way back in the first round, losing to Richardson.

You can see how the whole series has played out so far here. The interactive feature includes pop-up boxes on all the contenders with basic information, including there political assets and liabilities.